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laughter 音标拼音: [l'æftɚ] n. U笑,笑声 U笑,笑声 laughter n 1: the sound of laughing [ synonym: { laugh}, { laughter}] 2: the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn; " he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd" Laughter \ Laugh" ter\, n. [ AS. hleahtor; akin to OHG. hlahtar, G. gel[ aum] chter, Icel. hl[= a] tr, Dan. latter. See { Laugh}, v. i. ] A movement ( usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See { Laugh}, v. i. [ 1913 Webster] The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 61 Moby Thesaurus words for " laughter": Homeric laughter, amusement, belly laugh, boff, boffola, burst of laughter, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chortling, chuckle, convulsion, crow, fit of laughter, frivolity, fun, gales of laughter, giggle, glee, gleefulness, guffaw, ha- ha, hearty laugh, hee- haw, hee- hee, high glee, hilariousness, hilarity, ho- ho, horselaugh, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, laugh, laughing, levity, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, outburst of laughter, peal of laughter, risibility, roar of laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, snicker, snickering, snigger, sniggering, snort, tee- hee, titter, yuck, yuk- yuk
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